Microbial volatile organic compounds in intra-kingdom and inter-kingdom interactions

L Weisskopf, S Schulz, P Garbeva - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2021 - nature.com
Microorganisms produce and excrete a versatile array of metabolites with different physico-
chemical properties and biological activities. However, the ability of microorganisms to …

Biosynthesis, evolution and ecology of microbial terpenoids

M Avalos, P Garbeva, L Vader, GP van Wezel… - Natural Product …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: through June 2021 Terpenoids are the largest class of natural products
recognised to date. While mostly known to humans as bioactive plant metabolites and part of …

The structural basis of odorant recognition in insect olfactory receptors

J Del Mármol, MA Yedlin, V Ruta - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Olfactory systems must detect and discriminate amongst an enormous variety of odorants.
To contend with this challenge, diverse species have converged on a common strategy in …

Mosquito brains encode unique features of human odour to drive host seeking

Z Zhao, JL Zung, A Hinze, AL Kriete, A Iqbal… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
A globally invasive form of the mosquito Aedes aegypti specializes in biting humans, making
it an efficient disease vector. Host-seeking female mosquitoes strongly prefer human odour …

Functional properties of insect olfactory receptors: ionotropic receptors and odorant receptors

D Wicher, F Miazzi - Cell and Tissue Research, 2021 - Springer
The majority of insect olfactory receptors belong to two distinct protein families, the
ionotropic receptors (IRs), which are related to the ionotropic glutamate receptor family, and …

Insect odorscapes: from plant volatiles to natural olfactory scenes

L Conchou, P Lucas, C Meslin, M Proffit… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Olfaction is an essential sensory modality for insects and their olfactory environment is
mostly made up of plant-emitted volatiles. The terrestrial vegetation produces an amazing …

Access to the odor world: olfactory receptors and their role for signal transduction in insects

J Fleischer, P Pregitzer, H Breer, J Krieger - Cellular and Molecular Life …, 2018 - Springer
The sense of smell enables insects to recognize and discriminate a broad range of volatile
chemicals in their environment originating from prey, host plants and conspecifics. These …

Genomic landscape and genetic manipulation of the black soldier fly Hermetia illucens, a natural waste recycler

S Zhan, G Fang, M Cai, Z Kou, J Xu, Y Cao, L Bai… - Cell research, 2020 - nature.com
The black soldier fly (BSF), Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), is renowned for its
bioconversion of organic waste into a sustainable source of animal feed. We report a high …

Microbial volatile emissions as insect semiochemicals

TS Davis, TL Crippen, RW Hofstetter… - Journal of chemical …, 2013 - Springer
We provide a synthesis of the literature describing biochemical interactions between
microorganisms and insects by way of microbial volatile organic compound (MVOC) …

Information flow, cell types and stereotypy in a full olfactory connectome

P Schlegel, AS Bates, T Stürner, SR Jagannathan… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
The hemibrain connectome provides large-scale connectivity and morphology information
for the majority of the central brain of Drosophila melanogaster. Using this data set, we …